Eating sustainably
I can compare the impacts that different foods have on climate change and suggest ways to eat more sustainably.
- Year 7
Eating sustainably
I can compare the impacts that different foods have on climate change and suggest ways to eat more sustainably.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Producing food for humans and other animals uses resources and releases greenhouse gases that lead to climate change.
- Land-use change, farming, processing, transport, retail and packaging all add to the carbon footprint of food.
- Meat and plant-based products have different carbon footprints.
- Food production is more sustainable when it has a smaller, negative impact on the environment.
- Changes in diet and a reduction in food waste can help us eat more sustainably by lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
Keywords
Climate change - a long-term shift in weather patterns
Emissions - releases of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere
Greenhouse gases - gases in the atmosphere that keep it warmer than it would be without them
Carbon footprint - the calculated total amount of greenhouse gases emitted by an activity
Sustainable - can be carried out over a long period of time with little or no negative impact on the environment
Common misconception
Thinking that what we eat has no impact on climate change, or that all foods have roughly the same impact.
This lesson explores in detail the impacts of different foods in terms of their "carbon footprint" of greenhouse gas emissions.
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